Assessment Philosophy

The assessment process involves both gathering information and using that information as a means to improve teaching, student learning, student services, and administrative services. It includes making our expectations explicit and public, and setting appropriate criteria and high standards. It centers on systematically gathering, analyzing, and interpreting evidence to determine how well performance matches those expectations and standards; moreover, it enables us to use the resulting information to document, explain, and heighten performance. Assessment helps us create a shared academic culture dedicated to continually improving the quality of higher education. Thus, assessment is not a single set of actions, but an ongoing cyclical process, which permeates the institution.

What is assessment?

Assessment at GWC:

consists of an ongoing systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of information